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Mutational analysis of the PINK1 gene in early-onset parkinsonism in Europe and North Africa.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Mar 2006
Ibáñez Pablo, Lesage Suzanne, Lohmann Ebba, Thobois Stéphane, De Michele Giuseppe, Borg Michel, Agid Yves, Dürr Alexandra, Brice Alexis
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease is a frequent disorder caused primarily by the loss of dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra. Mutations in the PTEN-induced kinase (PINK1) gene, in addition to those in parkin and DJ-1, have been found in families with recessive early-onset Parkinson's disease. We screened for parkin and PINK1 mutations in a panel of 177 autosomal recessive Parkinson's disease families with ages at...
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